Curling up with a good book can reduce stress, increase creativity and boost empathy. A recent analysis of U.S. government ...
A recent survey found that reading is now among the most anticipated leisure activities for American travelers, and there's ...
Human behavior is fascinating. At times, it feels as if everyone around us is an open book—until you realize the book is written in Cantonese and you only speak Spanish. Reading people isn’t a science ...
If you love reading books more than interacting with people, don’t worry—your secret is safe with me. If you're a fellow bibliophile, I can relate to obsessively collecting titles for your to-read ...
In a nation often perceived as non-reading, a new digital book app now available in Mexico hopes to prove otherwise. The ...

Reading Is a Vice

Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and ...
Nonrequired reading has dropped about 3% a year for 20 years, a sign Americans may be getting dumber. Book lovers, like ...
Nonfiction and Y.A. are hurting, but genre fiction and the Good Book are booming. Here’s how book sales looked in 2025.
New research from University College London and the University of Florida suggests that the number of people in the U.S. who read for pleasure is declining Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial ...
Before Sebastian Castillo cracks open a book on the bus, he has an intrusive thought: Should he tap the stranger next to him on the shoulder and clarify that yes, he’s starting this book on Page 1, ...
Before Sebastian Castillo cracks open a book on the bus, he has an intrusive thought: Should he tap the stranger next to him on the shoulder and clarify that yes, he’s starting this book on Page 1, ...